Climate averages 1991–2020
Shagamu weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Shagamu: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ijebu Ode (30 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Shagamu, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Shagamu ranks joint 93rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 30th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Shagamu is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 175 mm to 234 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Shagamu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 33 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 53 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 114 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 164 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 247 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 274 | 28.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 227 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 27.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 175 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 234 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 215 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 93 | 20.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 32 | 10.9 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ijebu Ode in AugustNigeria · 30 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 191 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in AugustNigeria · 33 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Ijebu-Igbo in AugustNigeria · 41 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 202 mm rain
- Agege in AugustNigeria · 43 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Epe in AugustNigeria · 47 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 185 mm rain
- Abeokuta in AugustNigeria · 48 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Lekki in AugustNigeria · 48 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Ota in AugustNigeria · 49 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 142 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shagamu) is explained once on the Shagamu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.